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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Lifestyle
Martin Bagot

Two million Brits have Long Covid with women under 50 facing higher risk

A record two million Brits now have Long Covid as experts warn catching the virus carries a one in ten risk of developing it.

The Office for National Statistics found 3.1% of the British population are suffering symptoms persisting for at least four weeks after catching Covid-19.

Worryingly 376,000 people who first caught Covid-19 around the start of the pandemic have reported symptoms lasting at least two years.

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